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SUA Decides to Sponsor Jazz Festival Next Year
The Student Union Activities Board decided unanimously last night the Oread Jazz Festival will be held again next year.
The decision came after Mike Bush, Glendale, Mo., senior and chairman of the festival's steering committee, showed the board evidence of the notoriety and prestige he felt the festival had earned KU.
BUSH CITED articles in the New York Times, Show magazine and a forthcoming article in Downbeat magazine. In addition, he said, news of the festival was carried in several other newspapers throughout the country, and seven radio stations aired portions of the festival's proceedings.
"The festival gave KU a terrific boost," Bush said. "Jazzwise, KU is now pretty well known all over Europe, as well as the United States. We even outdid Notre Dame, which has been regarded as the dean of the collegiate jazz festivals."
He told the board he had received several complimentary letters from musicians who participated in both the KU and Notre Dame festivals, and felt that by far, the KU festival was superior."
RUSH, WHO HAS promoted the jazz festival before three different SUA boards during the past two years, felt since its reputation is established, next year's festival will be of an even higher quality. "No other collegiate jazz festi- val can compare with the prizes we offer, and next year, we'll be flooded with entries from all over the country."
He attributed its quality to the pre-festival screening process, which eliminated the poorer
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groups, Notre Dame and some other festivals, he said. accept all entrants and conduct the screening-out process during the festival, which usually lasts several days.
SUA PRESIDENT Robert Enberg, McPherson junior, asked about the festival's financial success. Bush said the festival had gone $1,300 in debt. He attributed the deficit to buying too many programs, which cost $800, paying $500 to the department of building and grounds for facilities and services, and the $2,500 bill for the concert by Woody Herman's band.
He recommended the festival be held earlier next year, because he felt that the close proximity of spring vacation hurt ticket sales.
Bush said signing an expensive big-name band as a drawing card would be unnecessary next year because the festival is already established.
Application $ _{s} $ are still being accepted for the chairmanship of next year's festival, Bush said. The deadline for applications is next Tuesday at 5 p.m.
"The chairman wouldn't necessarily have to know anything about jazz," he said. "The job requires more of an organization man. Several of the former committee members have an extensive knowledge of jazz, and they could fill the new chairman in and perhaps serve in an advisory capacity."
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Senior Oboist Wins Scholarship
Malcolm W. Smith, Lawrence senior majoring in oboe, has been awarded an Elsie and Walter W. Numberg Scholarship for advanced study next year at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City.
Smith has been in every major musical organization at KU: the symphony orchestra, concert choir, chorale, band, and Little Symphony. He has been a student of John McEldowney, instructor of wind and percussion.
He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, professional society for men in music, and has been nominated in Pi Kappa Lambda, national honor society in music.
Smith has consistently been on the Dean's honor roll and was twice chosen by the faculty to appear on the Fine Arts Honor recital.
The scholarship, which Smith won in competitive auditions, covers fees at the privately endowed conservatory, which is among the two or three largest institutions in supplying professional talent to the musical world.
Wednesday, May 6, 1964
New members of the KU-Y cabinet will meet tonight to discuss plans for the 1964-65 year.
Y Cabinet Meets Today
Included in the cabinet meeting will be next year's officers who will be installed at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. The new officers are Lacy Banks, Kansas City junior, and Julie Winkler, Caney junior, co-presidents; Howard Wileox, Lawrence sophomore, and Winnie Frazae, Wichita junior, co-vice-presidents; and Jim Maxwell, Douglas junior, and Mary Barber, Concordia junior, co-secretary-treasurer.
Chuck Metzler, Lawrence sophomore, and Mike Ogrosky, Winfield freshman-Y's Jayhawker editors; Rick Solum, Leawood sophomore, and Jim Perkins, Prairie Village freshman-freshman program advisors; Jeanne Hathaway, Louisville, Kv., freshman, and Judy Lister, Ottawa junior-handicapped children chairmen.
Co-chairmen of the World University Service, formerly an All Student Council committee, are Jewela Devore, Belleville sophomore, and Robert Sears, Kansas City freshman.
Other cabinet members who were recently chosen are:
PATSY GOINS. Marysville junior-Model UN steering committee chairman; Kala Musiek, Minneapolis sophomore, and Jarvis Ulbrich, Chicago, Illinois, senior-faculty firesides chairmen; Sheri Heckart, Wichita junior, and Tom Stanion, Pratt freshman-current events discussion group chairmen.
Marty Knight, Shawnee Mission junior, and Al Gipson, Kansas City, Missouri, freshman-Ski Club chairmen; and Janet Page, Great Bend junior, and Tom Greer, West Chester, Pennsylvania, junior-adolescent guidance chairmen.
Carol Lee Masters, Olathe sophomore, and Art Spears, Kansas City, Kansas, junior-African studies chairmen; Vinita Fishel, Overland Park sophomore, and Donna Naylor, Kansas City, Missouri, freshman-office staff chairmen.
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